Toy gun



0. JOHNSON.

TOY GUN. APPLICATlON FILED DEC.8, 1919.

Patented 001;. 5, 1920.

Q IN VE'JV'TOR;

[5' ATTORNEX- fication.

PATENT OFFICE.

OLE JOHNSON, OF I-IAYTI, SOUTH DAKOTA.

TOY GUN.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OLE JOHNSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hayti, inthe county of Hamlin and State of South Dakota, iave invent-ed a new and useful Toy Gun, of which the following is a speci- My invention relates to toys, and the object is to provide an improved toy gun; that will take the place of air guns, sling shots and the like and will be interesting to the children old enough to safely handle such toys and who by such handling will to some extent learn to handle firearms later on.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a top View of the improved toy gun. Fig. 2 is a side view of it. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a right hand end view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 shows a projectile that may be fired from the gun, as well as round bullets.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 6 designates the stock, and 7 the barrel of the gun, both of which are preferably made integral of a single piece of wood, the barrel however is composed of two members which may be termed the body 7 and the cover '7 the latter is secured upon the former by screws, or nails 8, and in said cover is a central longitudinal slit 9, up through which projects a rib 10 of a block 11, which has lateral shoulders 12 (see Fig. 4:) to retain the block down in a groove or channel 13 in the body 7. The block has in its forward end a cavity 14 adapted to hold one or more shots or bullets 15 in shooting. The rib 10 may also have a notch 16 to serve as a sight in combination with a smaller front sight 17.

Close below the cover 7 the body is recessed so as to produce a lateral slit 18 in each side of the gun, the rear ends of said slits terminate in a downward notch 19 having a vertical front side 19 extending across the stock. Adapted to be placed in said notch is a piece of cord 20, whose ends 21- are secured to the rear ends of two elastic rubber bands 22, the front ends of which are secured by short cords 23 to pegs 24, near the front end of the barrel.

In a suitable mortise 25 in the stock is fulcrumed at 26 a lever 27, pressed by a spring 26 and whose front end is arranged for ejecting the cord 20 from the notch 19 when the operator pulls a trigger 28, which Is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

Application filed December 8, 1919. Serial No. 343,377.

fulcrumed at 29 and by a rod 30 connected to the rear arm of said lever 27.

In the stock is formed a tubular magazine 31, in which may be stored bullets 15 or projectiles like 13 (in Fig. 5); the mouth of the magazine is closed by a plug 32, which is connected by a string 33 so as not to get lost.

In the simplest form of the gun the trigger and rod 30 may be dispensed with and the lever arm 27 pressed downward by the thumb of the hand that will pull the trigger 28 if the latter is employed. Whether the trigger is used or not, the main operation consists of grasping the string or cord 20 and stretching the elastic elements 22 until said string is engaged back of the shoulder 19 then moving the block 11 to the rear terminal of the top slit 9, then dropping the desired charge of shots or bullets, or a projectile into the muzzle of the gun and letting the same slide down against the front end of the block 11. The operator is then ready to take the aim desired and by a pull at the trigger, or pressure on the lever arm 27 release the string 20 from the notch 19. The instant this is done the elastic rubber elements 22 throw the block 11 and thereby the projectile elements forward with a speed and force which experience has demonstrated are greater than if metal springs are employed.

To make the working parts more easy to repair, I make.the elastic elements of soft rubber rings or bands o that the string 20 of the bands or rings and the halves of each ring stretched into two parallel strands when the gun is prepared for shooting, as already described.

What I claim is:

1. In a gun of the class described, a stock, a barrel extending forward therefrom and having a channel serving as its bore, a cover spaced above said bore, said cover having a longitudinal central slit extending over the main portion of the channel, a block slidably guided in the channel and having a rib projecting upward through the slit of the cover and serving as a sight; said block being retained downwardly by the cover and said stock having a notch across it near the rear end of the bore, a flexible element adapted to" be engaged in said notch and an elastic element extending from each end of and 23 may be readily tied to opposite points I the flexible element andsecured with their front ends one at each side of the front end of the barrel, and means for readily ejecting the flexible element from said notch.

2. The structure specified in claim 1, said ejecting means consisting of a beam-lever fu-l'crumed in a mortise in the stock and having its forward end arranged for lifting the flexible element out of the notch, and its rear end arranged as a trigger to be pressed downward by the thumb. of the hand holding. the stock.

3. The structure specified iniclaim 2 and asecond trigger pivoted to and depending below the stock for operation by the forefinger when so desired and a rod connecting said two triggers together.

4. A toy gun having a projectile guiding barrel and a stockat'the rear end thereof, said stock having a notch; a projectile throwing element adapted to engage in the notch, abeam-shaped lever pivoted in a mortise in the stock and arranged to eject with one end the projectile-throwing element from the notch, the other end of the lever forming a trigger arranged to be pressed downwardly by the thumb of the hand holding the adjacent part of the gun stock.

5; The structure specified in'claim 4, and a second trigger operatively connected with the first mentioned trigger and arranged to be operated by the forefinger below the stock. V

'6. In-a gun of the class described, a stock having a notch, a projectile throwing element arranged to be engaged in the notch, a beam-lever fulcrumed to the stock and having one end arranged to eject the element from the notch, a trigger at the underside of the stock and a pulling rod extended from it to the'rear end of the said lever.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

OLE JOHNSON. 

